Guidance on implementation of BINGO WP4 – Assessment of impacts of extreme weather events - Developing risk identification

Abstract

The main objectives of BINGO are to provide adaptation strategies for climate change-related challenges, by coproduced tools and methodologies for water and land resources management strategies that are based on an improved understanding of future climate and its impact on the hydrological cycle and in human activities, in order to sustain key economic sectors and the environment. Decision under uncertainty (climate changes evolution) is a risk management process, of weighing policy alternatives, in consultation with all interested parties, considering risk assessment and other relevant factors and, if needed, selecting appropriate prevention and control options. The main job of BINGO is to put in practice, in a realistic but scientific way, a comprehensive risk management framework approach, aiming to support efficiently decision-making for sustainable development and improved governance, resulting in the adaptation strategies and policies to be achieved in work package 5 (WP5 - risk treatment). BINGO work package 4 (WP4) will perform the assessment of impacts of climate change extreme scenarios on human activities, at each research site, based on the risk assessment procedure of ISO 31000:2009, in such a way that its results assist to develop risk validated adaption strategies to cope with climate changes in WP5. This document aims at providing some guidance to BINGO partners to perform risk identification at each research site. This first step of risk assessment is the outcome of Task 4.2 of WP4 (Deliverable 4.2). This guidance explains how ISO 31000:2009 needs to be adapted into BINGO project, clarifying the concepts involved as provides tips for implementation of sequential steps as well as exemplificative cases. It also demonstrated the articulation of risk identification with the remaining project activities.